After the court session, Zheng Yi summoned the Shadow Guard who had waited for a long time.
"What's so urgent?"
"Reply, reply to Your Majesty."
The Shadow Guard hesitated and said, "The Empress Dowager has passed away."
"What?!"
Zheng Yi's eyes suddenly brightened, and he quickly walked toward the harem.
"Proceed to Cining Palace!"
In the 5th Year of Zhengyong, April 20th.
The Empress Dowager passed away.
A group of eunuchs, palace maids, and mothers knelt on the ground, crying loudly, "Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager sob sob sob sob..."
The cries spread from Cining Palace through the three palaces and six courtyards, to Taihe Hall, and finally throughout the entire Imperial Palace and Capital City.
Countless officials and citizens spontaneously searched for mourning clothes from their homes to bid farewell to the Empress Dowager.
Outside the Empress Dowager's bedroom, the Empress cried heartbrokenly.
